The top category of imported items with a "billion dollar" increase

DNHN - General Department of Customs, the groups of imported goods increased the most in the first six months of the year were computers, electronic products and components, which increased by 9.26 billion USD; petrol and oil of all kinds increased by 2.83 billion USD; coal of all kinds increased by 2.49 billion USD, and chemicals increased by 1.3 billion USD...

The country's overall import turnover reached $185.29 billion in the first six months of the year, a 15.5 per cent gain, or a $24.86 billion increase over the same time in 2021.

Computers, electronic items, and components are the main import groupings, with a turnover of 43 billion USD, up 27.4 per cent, equating to a 9.26 billion USD rise, compared to the same time the previous year.

Imports of category of commodities from important markets such as China (12.5 billion USD, up 29.3 per cent); Korea (12.31 billion USD, up 39.3 per cent); Taiwan territory (5.85 billion USD, up 33.8 per cent); Japan (3.51 billion USD, up 40.6 per cent...

Machinery, equipment, tools, and spare parts placed second with 22.46 billion USD, although turnover declined by 2.1 per cent over the same period the previous year.

With a turnover of 11.9 billion USD, down marginally by 0.1 per cent, China remains the leading market providing this category of commodities to Vietnam. South Korea came in second with 3.38 billion USD, down marginally by 0.3 per cent, while Japan came in third with 2.14 billion USD, down 3.4 per cent...

Cotton, textile fibres, textiles of all sorts, textile raw materials, garments, leather, and shoes totalled 14.71 billion USD, an increase of 8.7 per cent (or 1.17 billion USD) over the same time the previous year.

China is also the major supplier of raw materials to Vietnam's textile, garment, and footwear industries, accounting for 53% (reaching 7.76 billion USD), an 11.7 per cent rise over the same time in 2021. Markets were followed by Taiwan's territory with 1.4 billion USD, up 6%; Korea with 1.3 billion USD, up 1.9 per cent; and the United States with $961 million, up 0.4 per cent...

Phones and components totalled 10.28 billion USD, a 13.5 per cent increase over the same time in 2021. South Korea and China are still the two biggest markets selling all types of phones and components to Vietnam, with a total transaction of 9.35 billion USD, accounting for 91 per cent of the overall country's turnover in this commodity category.

The petroleum of all types reached 4.81 million tons, with a turnover of more than 5 billion USD, representing an increase of 17.6 per cent in volume and 128.6 per cent in turnover over the same time the previous year.

In the first six months, the amount of imported fuel and oil of all sorts climbed in Korea and China but declined in Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore.

Imports from Korea increased by 104.5 per cent to 1.95 million tons; China increased by 92.3 per cent to 391 thousand tons, Malaysia decreased by 45.8 per cent to 781 thousand tones; Singapore decreased by 15.8 per cent to 636 thousand tons, and Thailand decreased by 1.7 per cent to 580 thousand tons.

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